For their forthcoming Anniversary update, Microsoft have decided to remove some Group Policy settings from all editions of the operating system except for Windows 10 Enterprise. These Policies affect your ability to control "Cloud Content", "Personalization", and "Windows Store".
The corresponding Registry keys for these policies will also be removed. Manually adding those keys back into non-Enterprise editions of Win10 will have no effect.
Looking at the list of Policies to be removed, many home/power users of this operating system will almost certainly be up in arms and annoyed at this move, but it seems they are just innocent bystanders in a bigger game/pressure-tactic Microsoft is playing out with the corporate and business world.
Unfortunately for home/power users, purchasing a license to use the Windows 10 Enterprise edition is all but impossible. Divorcing from the MS Windows ecosystem may end up being the only palatable option for many such users.
Here is the list of Policies to be removed:
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Microsoft is facing two more lawsuits over the company's questionable Windows 10 upgrade tactics. Both suits are seeking class-action status.
The first suit was filed in U.S. District Court in Florida. It alleges that Microsoft's Windows 10 upgrade prompts "violated laws governing unsolicited electronic advertisements," as reported by The Seattle Times . The suit also says Microsoft's tactics are against the Federal Trade Commission's rules on deceptive and unfair practices. The second suit was filed in June in Haifa, Israel alleging that Microsoft installed Windows 10 on users' computers without consent. Microsoft already paid out a $10,000 award in a previous U.S. suit over similar circumstances.
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday August 01 2016, @01:42AM
I stick with Windows because there is no professional grade (at any price) Linux software for programming five axis CNC milling machines. Anyone got a few million dollars to put into development?
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2, Interesting) by butthurt on Monday August 01 2016, @02:27AM
Forgive me for commenting on a topic I'm ignorant of, but there's software called LinuxCNC (formerly EMC2) that is said to work with a Servo To Go 8-axis I/O card, with a "6-axis hexapod (Stewart platform) mill prototype" and with the "Index GS30 5-Axis Lathe"—I take it that that software is not "professional grade"?
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxCNC_Supported_Hardware [linuxcnc.org]
http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Case_Studies [linuxcnc.org]
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday August 01 2016, @05:01AM
I'm not talking about servo control software, I'm talking about CAM software, which is used to write the toolpaths.
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2) by butthurt on Monday August 01 2016, @06:07AM
Thanks for explaining. I looked at a list of G-code generators and there was no mention of 5-axis capability, just as you said.
http://replicat.org/generators [replicat.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 01 2016, @02:36AM
Which version(s) of Windows do you use to run CNC software, and how well does it work? There is (I believe) GibbsCAM that runs on Macs...
Hopefully the actual CNC machine controller is a separate processor running some realtime OS (not Windows)??
(Score: 2) by mhajicek on Monday August 01 2016, @05:06AM
I run Mastercam on Win 7 Pro. The machine has it's own dedicated and isolated control; I only send it the ASCII files with the gcode programs. Gibbs does not support Mac, according to their website: http://www.westcam.co/support/systemrequirements.php [westcam.co]
The spacelike surfaces of time foliations can have a cusp at the surface of discontinuity. - P. Hajicek
(Score: 2) by Scruffy Beard 2 on Monday August 01 2016, @03:30AM
Maybe not in your niche, but Debian has had full MRI support [debian.org] for years. I just can't afford the $2million machine to play on.